title: Transform-limited spectral compression by self-phase modulation of amplitude-shaped pulses with negative chirp.
abstract: Spectral compression by self-phase modulation of amplitude- and phase-shaped pulses is demonstrated as superior compared to pulses that have only been phase shaped. We synthesize linearly negatively chirped parabolic pulses, which we send through a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber, in which self-phase modulation compresses the spectrum of the pulses to within 20% of the Fourier transform limit.
authors.affiliation: Institut Fresnel, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Domaine Universitaire de St. Jérôme, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Esben Ravn
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Andresen
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dudley
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oron
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finot
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rigneault